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Lessons From Boston
RWJF Clinical Scholar Jeremiah Schuur, MD, an emergency physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, helped treat many of the Boston Marathon bombing victims. Here's what he learned.
Emergency Preparedness and Response
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Public Health Response to Hurricane Sandy
Hurricane Sandy presented some of the greatest public health and emergency preparedness challenges from extreme weather in recent history, leaving dozens dead, and millions without power across a wide swath of the Northeast. This superstorm tested the capabilities of the public health system, and public health officials responded in heroic fashion. Public Health is there to help keep our communities safe and healthy before, through, and after storms like Hurricane Sandy.
How Ready is Your State for a Health Emergency?
Ready or Not? Protecting the Public from Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism
The 10th annual Ready or Not? report from the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation shows persistent gaps in states’ preparedness to respond to events ranging from bioterrorist threats to hurricanes to serious disease outbreaks.
Focus on Public Health
Geographic Variations in Public Health Spending
As state and local health departments cope with budget cuts, job losses, and the demands of preparing communities for both seasonal and H1N1 flu, it’s more important than ever to build the evidence for what works—and what is cost-effective—in public health. Public Health Services and Systems Research answers questions about how public health can be structured, managed, staffed, funded, and organized so it can improve the lives of the people it serves.
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Funding Provides Mental Health Support for Hispanic Community Affected by September 11 Attacks
July 1, 2004 | Program Result
In 2002-03, the Committee for Hispanic Children and Families, New York, provided and trained other community groups to provide, group mental health sessions to Latinos affected by the September 11th attack on the World Trade Center in New York City.
A Local Organization Steps Up to Help Ground Zero Recovery Workers Get Supplies
February 1, 2003 | Program Result
The Art Science Research Laboratory provided equipment and supplies for recovery workers deployed at Ground Zero in Manhattan and the Fresh Kills landfill site in Staten Island after the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center.
Faces of Public Health: Patricia Yang
January 10, 2013 | New Public Health Post
Three months have passed since Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast. And while the number of people displaced by the storm has gone down from tens of thousands to the hundreds in different communities, some people are still without power or a permanen ...
Impact of Hurricane Sandy: NewPublicHealth Q&A with Irwin Redlener
January 8, 2013 | New Public Health Post
The co-chair of the New York Ready Commission talks about the storm's impact on state residents.
Nurse Heroes
December 6, 2012 | Story
Nurses step up to serve in Hurricane Sandy, and the public, the press and even the president take note.
In the Media: Image of Nurse Rescuing Newborn Goes Viral After Hurricane Sandy
December 6, 2012 | Story
Image of nurse rescuing newborn goes viral after Hurricane Sandy.
Hurricane Sandy Recovery: By the Numbers
November 19, 2012 | New Public Health Post
As the recovery efforts continue in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, NewPublicHealth is following the work of local and state health departments in the areas affected by the storm as they help their citizens regroup, recover and build community res ...
Improving Awareness of and Enrollment in New York's Post 9/11 Temporary Disaster Relief Medicaid Program
September 1, 2003 | Program Result
After the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks damaged the computer systems of New York City's Medicaid program, city and state officials established a temporary, simplified enrollment process for public health insurance, called Disaster Relief Medicaid.
N.Y. Mental Health Providers Reach Out to Chinese Americans After September 11th
July 31, 2008 | Program Result
The Charles B. Wang Community Health Center expanded its mental health services to address the needs of the Chinese-American community following the September 11th terrorist attack in Manhattan.